Finance
Manage accounts, fees, claiming, billing and banking in Bluechip.
- Account Management
  In Bluechip, the term Account refers to a record of accounting transactions.
- Fee and Service Item Management
- Billing and Online Claiming
  - Invoicing
  - Online Claiming
    - What is Online Patient Verification?
    - Online Claiming Error Messages
    - Batching
      To batch invoices to a particular company, you must have a class of patient devoted to that company.
    - Billing for Radiation Oncology Services
      Configure online billing functions specifically for Radiation Oncology services.
    - ECG Billing with Bluechip
    - HealthPoint
    - In Hospital Claiming (IHC)
      Bluechip uses ECLIPSE as an online claiming solution for In Hospital Claiming.
    - Finalising Receipting and Rejections for Inpatient Medical Claims
    - Medicare Easyclaim with Bluechip using Tyro
      - Medicare Easyclaim Introduction
        Medicare Easyclaim is a system that allows patients to claim instant Medicare benefits at the practice, via your Tyro EFTPOS terminal while at the surgery. You can process Patient Claiming and Bulk Bill via Medicare Easyclaim using Bluechip's Integrated Easyclaim functionality.
      - Enabling Medicare Easyclaim
      - EFTPOS / Easyclaim Terminals and Settings
      - Configuring Bluechip for Medicare Easyclaim and Online Claiming
        Setting up a Batch Type
        Set up batch types for patient claiming and Medicare bulk billing.
        Setting up a Class
        Set up classes for patient claiming and Medicare bulk billing.
        Associating Classes with Batch Types
        Associate each class you created with its corresponding batch type.
        Setting up a Practitioner's Classes
        Creating Patient Accounts
        For each patient, configure how they can be invoiced.
      - Claiming with Medicare Easyclaim
        Submit patient claims to Medicare using Medicare Easyclaim.
    - Using Medicare Online Claiming
      Medicare Online functionality enables you to lodge Medicare Bulk Bill, DVA medical claims, and patient claims with Medicare securely over the internet.
    - Online Eligibility Check (OEC)
      An online eligibility check lets you check the eligibility of a patient with the Department of Human Services or private health insurers, and to estimate out-of-pocket expenses for in-hospital care.
    - Setting Medicare Service Indicators
    - Creating an Invoice Using Online Patient Claiming
    - Sending Invoices Using Online Patient Claiming
    - What is an LSPN?
  - Private Billing using Quantity
    Bluechip allows you to configure its Estimation and Invoicing functions so that you can include Quantity and Equipment for Private Billing of User Defined Fee List Service items (e.g. Cosmetic Surgery).
- Receipts
- Banking and EFTPOS
- Refunds
- VMoney
  Manage VMoney payments from NSW Health.

Associating Classes with Batch Types

Associate each class you created with its corresponding batch type.

Before you begin

Procedure

To associate a class with a batch type:

Select Setup > Practice > Classes from the Bluechip Main window.
In the Class Setup window, in the Account class list, select the class to batch. For example Patient Claim.
On the Payment Options tab, from the Batch Type list, select Patient Claims.

If you do not have a class associated with this batch type, one will need to be created. For more information on creating a new class, refer to Creating Classes.
Click OK.
Repeat this process to associate your Bulk Bill class with its corresponding Bulk Bill batch type.

Results

What to do next

Continue to Setting up a Practitioner's Classes.